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Asian Contents & Film Market (ACFM), Asia’s largest comprehensive content market centering around the film and audiovisual industry, will be held for four days starting from Oct 5 (Sat) to Oct 8 (Tues) during the Busan International Film Festival. Professionals from various content sectors such as books, webtoons, web novels, and stories will be able to promote new works and engage in transactions including distribution rights, remakes, and original work copyrights. The market will also host diverse conferences where attendees can stay informed about the latest industry trends.
The ACFM has been growing rapidly year after year, with last year’s event attracting a total of 2,479 participants from 1,660 companies spanning 49 countries. Notably, 271 institutions and companies from 23 countries showcased their booths to promote various contents and facilitate transactions. Moreover, the Asian Project Market (APM), renowned as Asia’s largest film co-production market, and the Busan Story Market (BSM), focusing on story IP, collectively conducted approximately 2,000 meetings, reaffirming the substantial global interest and recognition of Korean and Asian content.
ACFM, which has firmly established itself as a business platform for professionals in the Asian film, audiovisual, and original IP industry, opened for registration for this year’s market badges and sales booths on the official website (https://acfm.kr) on Jul 15. There will be a 50,000 KRW discount for those who register for the market badge during the early bird period until Aug 31 (Sat). Sales Booths can be registered online and offline until Aug 20 (Tues).
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